Reissue of a publication first published in 1917. xiv, 416pp, with occasional charts, tables etc. in text. Pink cloth-covered boards with black lettering front and spine. 8vo. Cloth a little worn and faded, gently rounded at corners and ends of a lightly sunned spine. Text block edges a little toned. An ex university library copy with call number taped over spine, usual markings on front endpapers, and small annotated stamp on the title and copyright pages, two small faint stamps on the rear endpapers, else internally neat, clean and tight.
A classic of economics, this volume examines the growth and development of cotton manufacturing and the cotton industry in the United States throughout the 19th century and into the early years of the 20th century, with chapters on, for instance, Geographical Distribution, Technical Development, Labour, Employment, Wages, Textiles Schools, the Cloth Market, Import Trade, Scale Production, Labor Conditions, English Markets of Nottingham and Manchester, European Markets etc.
